End-gate fastener



(No Model.)

W WALKER END GATE FASTENER- No. 534,487. Patented Feb. 19, 1895;

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WITNESSES:

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM WALKER, OF SCANDIA, KANSAS.

EN D-GATE FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,487, dated February1.9, 1895. Application filed November 6, 1894" Serial No. 528,065- (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM WALKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Scandia, in the county of Republic, State of Kansas, haveinvented certain newand useful Improvements in End-Gate Fasteners; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make'and use the same.

This invention is an improved device for securing the end gates ofWagons, the object of the invention being to provide a very cheap andsimple contrivance which can be attached to any of the end-gates now inuse and one which can be quickly and easily operated to lock or unlockthe gate, and finally it is my object to provide a very safe andefficient form of locking device.

With these various objects in view, the invention consists in thedetailed construction of the several parts and their novel combina tionor arrangement, all ofwhich will be fully described hereinafter and thenpointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, andforming a part of this specificationFigure 1, is an end view of an endga-te provided with my improvedfastening attachment, the same being shown locked. Fig. 2 is a top planview/ As my invention can be applied to any form of wagon body orend-gate, I have shown an ordinary body A and the usual form of end-gateB. Screw hooks O, O, are' screwed in the side boards of the body A, saidhooks being held in place by the nuts 0, 0, upon each side of the sideboard and by means of which the hooks can be adjusted as hereinafterexplained.

Pivoted upon the end-gate-B, is a lever D, to which are connected thetwo rods E, E, said rods having loops 2, e, at their outer ends forengagement with the hooks C, said rods passing through guide staples e,e, driven into the cleats of the endate. By throwing the lever in onedirection or another, the rods are drawn taut or loosened, and the gateis either locked or unlockedaccording to the position of the lever. Thuswhen said lever is moved in the direction of arrow a, (Fig. 2) the rodsI will be drawn tight and draw the side boards firmly against the endsof the gate and thereby hold the same against displacement. When thelever is thrown in the direction of arrow 1), the rods are forcedoutward, thus relieving the books of all tension, and the end-gate canbe lifted out if so desired.

I prefer to arrange the lever D, upon the end gate at right angles tothe same, and pivot said lever upon a bracket G, which is secured tosaid end-gate and comprises a vertical member g, and a longitudinalmember 9', to which the lever is pivoted. In order to hold the le' verin a locked position, I employ a catch H, pivoted to the end board andadapted to be turned down on the end of the lever, the end of said leverbeing bent downward as shown atd in order to permit said catch tooperate Without interfering with the rod at that side.

By means of the nuts on the screw hooks said hooks can be moved in orout to regulate the tension of the parts, and can also be adj ustedtotake up all wear in parts.

It will thus" be seen that I provide an endgate fastener which isexceedingly cheap, simple and efficient and which can be applled to anyform of gate and readily operated by any one.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

The combination with the wagon body A,

and end gate B, of the screw hooks O, (1, ar-

ranged in the side boards of the wagon body, the adjusting nuts 0, c, oneachv side of each side board, a bracket G,secured to the end gate andcomposed of the vertical member 9, and the horizontal member 9, thelever D, pivoted upon the member g',the rods E, E, connected to the headof the lever upon opposite sides of the pivot, said lever being arrangedflatwise and itsouter end (1 bent downward, and a catch H, pivoted onthe end gate above the bent end of the lever and adapted to be turneddown over said end to hold the lever locked, substantially as shown anddescribed. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM WALKER.

Witnesses:

SADE M. NICHOLAS, Gno. B. SMITH.

